spassig

/[ˈʃpasɪk]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,319

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

spassig is anGermanadj. It means: mit Spaß, in der Art und Weise eines Spaßes, unterhaltsam, witzig, humorvoll Pronounced [ˈʃpasɪk]. Often confused with Spass and Spässe.

Key facts for spassig
PropertyValue
Headwordspassig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈʃpasɪk]
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,319
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of spassig in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for spassig is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpasɪk]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,319 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mit Spaß, in der Art und Weise eines Spaßes, unterhaltsam, witzig, humorvoll".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for spassig, with forms such as "psassig", "sapssig", and "spasig". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Spass", "Spässe", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is spassig, spelled S-P-A-S-S-I-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit Spaß, in der Art und Weise eines Spaßes, unterhaltsam, witzig, humorvoll

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: psassig,sapssig,spasig,spasisg,spassgi,spassigg,spaßig,sppassig,spsasig,sspassig

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for spassig

Misspelling Variants of "spassig"

psassig7sapssig7spasig6spasisg7spassgi7spassigg8spaßig6sppassig8
Misspelling Variants of "spassig"

Frequency rank: #25,319 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "spassig"?
"spassig" is spelled S-P-A-S-S-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpasɪk].
What does "spassig" mean?
As an adj, "spassig" means: mit Spaß, in der Art und Weise eines Spaßes, unterhaltsam, witzig, humorvoll
What words are commonly confused with "spassig"?
"spassig" is commonly confused with "Spass", "Spässe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spassig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spassig" is [ˈʃpasɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spassig" come from?
"spassig" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.